Improvement in window-cornices



S. SARGEANT.

WINDOW-CORNICE.

No, 191,077, Patented May 22,1871* wnusssss= I v mvsmm N. PETERS, PHOTo-LITMOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. D Cf UivrTED SfrA'rEs ,PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL SARGEANT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN WlVNDOW-CORNICES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,077, dated May 22, 1877; applicationfiled April 16, 1877.

To all whom fit may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL SARGEANT, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Window-Cornice, of which the following is a specilcation Figure 1 is a front view of my improved cornice. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same, one end being shown in horizontal section. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken through the line a: Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail horizontal section of the same, taken through the line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate correspending parts.

The object ot' this invention is to furnish an improved cornice for Windows which shall be so constructed that should the metal become tarnished it may be readily taken apart, cleaned, and put together without being injuredin the least, and which, at the same time, shall be simple in construction and' beautiful in appearance.

The invention consists in an improved window-cornice, formed by attaching horizontal metal `tubes and vertical metal tubes halved to each other, and provided with knobs in some or all of their ends, to the foundationboards by screws passing through the said boards, through the inner sides of the said tubes, and into blocks or strips of Wood driven into the tubes, as hereinafter fully described.

A is the back or foundation board of the cornice, which is made otl the proper length to extend across the window, and to the inner side ofthe ends of which are secured'the ends of boards B, of the same breadth as the board A, and of such a length as will bring the casing to the proper distance from the window-casing.

Upon the outer sides of the boards A B, along their upper and lower edges, are placed metal tubes C, which are secured in place by screws passing through the said boards ,A B, through the inner sides of the tubes O, and into wooden blocks or strips D, driven into the said tubes C. The ends of the front tubes O project beyond the ends of the board A, for the forward ends of the end tubes O to abut against.

To the middle parts of the front tubes C, upon the opposite sides of, and equally distant from, their centers are halved two short upright tubes, E, which are secured in place by screws passing through the board A, through the inner sides of the tubes O, and into blocks or strips of wood D, driven into the said upright tubes E.

To the ends of the front tubes O, and ofthe upright tubes E, either or both, are attached ornamental knobs F. The boards A B are covered with velvet G, glued or otherwise secured to them, to give a finish to the cornice.

In constructing the cornice rI prefer to use square tubes; but round or other shaped tubes may be used, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- An improved window-cornice formed ot' horizontal metal tubes C and vertical metal tubes E, halved to each other and secured to the foumlation-boards A B by screws passing through the said boards, through the inner sides of said tubes, and into blocks or strips ot'wood driven into the tubes, said` tubes being provided with knobs F on some or all of their ends, substantially as herein shown and described.

SAML. SARGEANT.

Witnesses J AMES T. GRAHAM, C. SEDGWIOK. 

